Fines

As per Article 5 of Regulation No. 74/2009. (XII. 10.) of Budapest General Assembly, amended by Regulations No. 62/2010. (XII. 23.), No. 2/2011 (I.14.), No. 19/2011 (IV.4.), No. 24/2011 (V.12.) and No. 75/2011 (XII.16.)/ and Bye-Laws of BKV Zrt. regulating the fares and surcharges in force from 1 January 2012:

Passengers are obliged to pay a HUF 16,000 fine if they:

• travel without a ticket or pass; with an invalid ticket or pass or travelling certificate, or they use any price reduction without right,
• travel with a pass, on which the number of the valid student card or the number of the valid pass certificate is not written clearly, or which is not filled in ink, or the pass certificate or the student card is not filled in or not valid, or the stops of departure and destination are not stamped on the HÉV pass,
• abuse with seven-day travel card,
• transport dog, bicycle or oversized object without paying the fare, or they abuse with the tickets, passes or stickers, 
• transport bicycle, or oversized object on a vehicle in which it is not allowed,
• transport hand luggage or oversized object which is not allowed on the vehicle,
• or their hand luggage, oversized object or their animals soil the vehicle,
• push the emergency alarm without a reason,
• don't keep the rules of terms and conditions of travelling.
  

If you pay the fine immediately on the spot, the amount decreases HUF 8,000 instead of HUF 16,000.
The ticket inspector is obliged to give you a receipt.

SAMPLE RECEIPT about the fine paid on the spot:

 
Please, note! If you pay the fine on the spot, your name, your address, etc. are not registered at all. This is why in this case a later refund of the fine (or presenting your pass afterwards) is not possible as a general rule. If needed, examinations can take place.

Deferred payment is only possible for passengers with permanent residential address in Hungary. If you don't have a permanent address in Hungary, you have to pay on the spot.

If the passenger doesn't pay the fine on the spot, the ticket inspector initiates a fining procedure (ensuring the opportunity of deferred payment). In this case he/she is entitled to ask the required personal data (name, mother's name, date and place of birth) and also the address of the passenger. On the basis of these data, the ticket inspector fills in a so-called "Surcharging procedure report".

If you pay the fine in our Surcharge Office within 2 working days from the date of the fining, it is still considered as 'fine on the spot', i.e. HUF 8,000.

If the passenger refuses to give his/her personal data, the ticket inspector can ask for police assistance on the spot.

The ticket inspector gives a cheque about the amount of the fine and a leaflet about the opportunities of payment. The passenger shall sign that he/she accept the surcharging and admit that he/she give the personal data. The denial of signature doesn't acquit the passenger of the consequences of the fining.

If you have a pass with photo or a student pass with valid student card is valid on the day and time of the ticket inspection (bought previously!) but you can not present it, you have a possibility of presenting it within 8 calendar days in the appropriate ticket office by paying a pass presentation charge of HUF 2,000, in case of annual, quarterly, semester pass, it is HUF 1,000. (Only if you have a permanent address in Hungary!) This way the fining procedure terminates. You can use the possibility of pass presentation only 2 times a year if you have not got any previous fining debt. This limitation of  '2 times a year pass presentation' does not apply for the cardholders of 'Reduced price annual Budapest pass' and the 'Annual all-line Budapest pass'. The pass coupon purchased following the surcharging procedure is not acceptable for presenting the pass.

If you are entitled to travel free of charge on the basis of the current government decree, but can not verify it at ticket inspection, the surcharging procedure terminates if you present the documents verifying the right for travel free of charge in the surcharge Office within 8 calendar days by paying the handling charge of HUF 1000. You can use the possibility of pass presentation only 2 times a year if you have not got any previous fining debt.

If the ticket inspector recalls the pass coupon and/or the pass certificate at ticket inspection, presenting the pass or payment of the surcharge within 2 working days is not possible.

The passenger who doesn't pay the fine of HUF 16,000 within 30 days is obliged to pay an additional HUF 16,000 as a late payment fee for the delay and a handling charge of HUF 500, i.e. HUF 32.500 in total.